LITTLE RIVER.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 402, 11 June 1880, Page 3

LITTLE RIVER.

(FBOM OUR.OWN OOS^IEpPOND^T.)

A public .'meeting" of' the residents in Little Kiver was held in tljie schoolroom on Saturday evening last, the 6th'-instant,.to. consider the position of the Recreation Ground, and the necessity-o£ i feneing.,ihe. Cemetery forthwith. ■ • A.- D. Allan, Esq.v was voted to the chair.. -..:'. ■< i* , - 1

The Chairman having read the Tioticer •convening the meeting, said lie understood •that the Recreation Ground Committee had entered info'arrangements with Mr Win. Wileon ior the purchase■• of , eight acres of land adjoining 'the oeineteryy<at £7 per acre. He thought before entering into any such arrangement forth©purchase of the land, the Recreation Committee ought to have called a public meeting jbo< .aeto get an opinion as to whether the site < •was a suitable one or not; this , had not •been done. Ne doubt the land was cheap, , .•and as an investment good, but the ? site -was altogether unsuitable for recreation purposes. The ground had not yet been •surveyed. hml seen Mr H.ay» who stated that with the data he had at present to go upon, he couW ; not Biiry.ey it. It, was not too late for the .meeting to -paes an opinion as to «Mgibility of the site or not. The public had flb real know,ledge of what the Recreation Couiimttee ; had done. Mr W: Joblin stated.that.full reports.of what had been dfipo. were published in the A karoa Mail, at the time. . ~ . . Mr N. Walters did not know how the. Recreation Committee had been, appointed. He would fst-rongly object to a site so to the cemetery, and thought that some of the abandoned railway reserves wight be obtained from the Government. After some further conversational discussion, it was moved ■by Mr Walters,seconded by Mr W. Johnson, and carried unanimously—"That thin meeting is of opinion that the site, proposed to be jnirchased from Mr Wm. Wilson for Recreation Grcund is not in any way suited, and that its proximity to the cemetery forms an insuperable bar."

It was moved by Mr J. 01 p.hert, seconded by Mr J. Radford, jun., and carried unanimously—"That an endeavour be made to obtain the abandoned railway reserve .running ihroiigh section No. —, between Maori Jack's Innd and White's.miJl." ... It wfis r.-Kolvcd—" That a copy of the. foregoing resolution he pent to the Chairluan of tins Recreation Ground Committee nni also to the Chairman of the Akaroa County Conncil.' , The riiMttor of tin , cemetery was next gone into. The Chairman «tnt« d that the contract for fencing in the cemetery had been let some time-ago, but as yet nothing, had been done, he supposed because the re .creation ground had not. been surveyed. As he. had said before, Mr Hay could not at present, do this, but he had no doubt if the cemetery trustees were to see Mr Hay. and ask him to survey the cemetery ground he would do so ; but hs thought, before even this could be done it would be necessary to survey the acre of .land belonging to the Church. When this was done the cemetery ground could be easily sur- [ veyed. ■ ■•.••'". •.■ ■. i.-. . .•■.■.. After a little diecussion, it was mpved •py Mr P. F.. Ralfe, seconded by Mr.N. Wajters,and carried unanimously—" That in the opinion of. this ..meeting the un- . fenced condition of the cemetery ■Jβ ; a standing disgrace to tbjwi'wtio have been entrusted with the management y Jhe, more so) .that the 'f anils for the same are ii>,liandi and the jcontracget.",, •,-.-. ••->.- -. v\ It wae proposed jby Mr W., Johnson,, seconded by Mr' W. Joblin, and carried unaniruo.usly—"That another meetipgbe "held-in. a fortyighj's time, .and if . the. fencing is not in a forward.,state, stumbling block be.rembved. by resignation or otherwise." . ' ,' It was resolved—" That. copies of the foregoing resolutions be sent to the Chairr, man of 3io Cemetery Board.", ~ After the usual, "vote of thanks to ,the : Chairman, the meeting terrrtinated. ' \] . A meeting of the members of the Little, River Cricket Club was .held -intlie Library, on Wednesday evening. ,l.he,.2n(j[instant, for. the purpose of devising means to raise tlie necessary funds foT fencing in .the new cricket, ground lately., taken by H. -Bpchan.an, Esq., for the Club, wlien it agreed fo liave a.ball in the schf.6lrQom on Friday evening, the I.lth inst.. A gQod working qomnjittee was. appointed,, and it. js to.be hoped that the ball will be such a success as the object for which it is giveii, merits. • , . , ,